KYIV, March 6 – Oleksiy Honcharuk, who resigned from the position of the Ukrainian prime minister on Wednesday, ranks fifth amongst former Ukrainian prime ministers in terms of recognizability, the Gradus company said in its survey.

KYIV, March 10 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has approved a new reinforced plan of fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) following a meeting of the governmental anti-crisis headquarters for fight against spreading of COVID-19 in Ukraine, the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

WASHINGTON, March 10 - Members of Congress have been informally notified of the Defense Department's plans to provide $125 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, including armed patrol boats, according to a congressional aide and US official, CNN reported.

KYIV, March 10 - Police said that 22 officers were injured in clashes with far-right protesters who tried to attack President Petro Poroshenko's motorcade ahead of this month’s election, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, March 7 – Ukraine has managed to achieve a certain success in limiting opportunities for corruption, rather than in bringing corrupt officials to justice, as evidenced by data from an independent analytical study "Are Ukraine's Anti-corruption Reforms Working?" prepared by the Royal Institute of International Relations of London, Chatham House, together with the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI).

KIEV, March 9 – Ukraine and Iran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Iranian Joint Commission for Economic and Trade Cooperation, said Hennadiy Zubko, Ukraine's Regional Development, Construction, Housing, and Utilities Economy Minister, chairman of Ukraine's delegation in Iran.

KIEV, March 10 – Economic cooperation was highlighted at the negotiations held in Ankara on Wednesday, the Ukrainian presidential press service said.

MOSCOW, March 9 – The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.

KIEV, March 10 – The proper work of the government and the National Bank of Ukraine in the past 15 months has created enough margin of safety and stability and there is no need to change the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund launched for Ukraine in 2015 due to the political crisis, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

KIEV, March 10 - Finance Minister Natalia Jaresko on Thursday deflected questions about her chances of becoming prime minister if the government collapsed and said such speculation was fanning the flames of the country's political crisis, Reuters reported.